Jesse Decker is an author, designer, and editor of
roleplaying game material.
Biography
Decker began playing ''
Dungeons & Dragons'' in 1983 during recess at his elementary school. During the summer of 1996, he began doing "temp work" for
Wizards of the Coast, before returning to finish college that fall. After finishing college, he returned to Wizards of the Coast, where he spent six months as a tournament judge at the company's first Game Center. Deciding "to forgo graduate school for a few years," Decker successfully applied for an editorial position at Wizards, becoming the editorial assistant for ''
Dungeon'' and ''
Dragon
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'' magazines. In 1999, Decker became editor-in-chief of ''Dragon'', serving as such until 2003 with
Paizo Publishing. He is now the director of Organized Play at Wizards of the Coast.
David Noonan,
Andy Collins,
Mike Mearls, and Decker were part of
Rob Heinsoo's "Flywheel" design team for the fourth edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and did the final concept work from May 2006 to September 2006, before the first books for the edition were written and playtested.
Sources
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Cook, Monte
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Role-playing industry career
Early years
Cook has been a professional game designer since 1988, worki ...
.
A Talk with Jesse Decker: A 30th Anniversary Interview"
Monte's Journal'' Montecook.com, 2004.
References
External links
Wizards.com interview with Jesse Decker*
Dungeons & Dragons game designers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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